National Investigation Agency filed a charge sheet against eight members of a self-radicalised module of the Islamic State (ISIS) at the special NIA court in Lucknow.

The NIA has charged the accused with being the members of the terror group as they had conspired to carry out acts of violence to further the activities of ISIS in India.

National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday filed a charge sheet against eight members of a self-radicalised module of the Islamic State (ISIS) at the special NIA court in Lucknow on Thursday.

According to the charge sheet, the group members tried to migrate to the territories held by ISIS in Syria and Iraq to formally join the organisation.

The NIA has charged the accused with being the members of the terror group as they had conspired to carry out acts of violence to further the activities of ISIS in India.

The members of the module had also conducted a recce of Sufi shrine Dewa Sharif in Barabanki and other religious places.

The module was busted in March this year after three members of the module – Atif Muzzafar, Mohammad Danish and Sayed Meer – planted a bomb in Ujjain-Bhopal passenger train im March this year. Many people were hurt in the explosion and the group members were arrested after some time.

On the basis of the information provided by them, the UP anti-terror squad arrested four people and gunned down one Saifullah in a 20-hour encounter in Lucknow.